FROM THE DARK TO THE LIGHT
CAMPING (3): STAGE PREPARATION
Alora tapped on the thick glass in front of her with a panicked face. He could see what was happening to him and outside the thick glass. Alora is trapped in a giant aquarium filled with bluish-colored water. Outside the aquarium, Alora saw flames raging everywhere. The fire is blue, not red.
"Blue fire is hotter and more durable than red fire. What happened?!", inner Alora while still hitting the glass in front of her in hopes of breaking, but her efforts were in vain.
Before long, Alora saw Julian and Riri coming, they did not look afraid and passed through the still blazing fire casually, as if untouched by the heat of the fire. When she turned to the left, Alora saw Nathan sitting on the sofa carrying a knife full of fresh blood spots, occasionally blood dripping from the tip of the pointed knife. Nathan played it, as if he didn't see any blood there.
In front of Nathan, precisely on the floor, Rachel was chained with both hands full of blood, Rachel was just crying, while Nathan just smiled as if innocence had hurt Rachel. Nathan scratched Rachel's hand again and again with an expressionless face.
Alora could not speak in the aquarium filled with water, but saw Rachel was injured, Alora went up black. He looked at his reflection on the glass and retreated slowly.
"If it's my dream, it means I can master it", Alora sat in his mind while looking around him which was still full of fire.
Nathan goes crazy by scratching Rachel's neck with a knife.
"NOK !!!", Screamed Alora.
The large aquarium glass was instantly broken, Alora ran as fast as she could towards Rachel and Nathan and grabbed the knife from Nathan's hand and threw it away.
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ALORA-RACHEL TENT
00:40 O'CLOCK
"HAAAHH!!", Alora sighed so deeply as if it was almost non-existent. Her gaze was dark, Alora patted both her cheeks and hands, she had already returned to the real world.
"Al?, why?. Nightmare huh?", asked Rachel who woke up from hearing Alora's voice.
Alora hugged Rachel and cried.
"Eehhhh, how is it crying?. What's wrong?", Rachel asked as she wiped Alora's tears.
"ugly dream. Nathan sayat-sayat lo earlier", replied Alora while holding her breath slightly.
"God. I can dream that. Forgot to pray?", asked Rachel again.
Alora shook her head,
"Gue had prayed before bedrr" Alora said with tears coming out of her eyes.
Rachel rubbed Alora's head and patted the little girl's back patiently and gently.
"Ssttt. Go to sleep again. Pray again. It was just a dream, don't cry anymore" Rachel said.
Alora nodded and prayed again,
"Bismill was bornrahmaanirrahiim Bismika Allaahumma Ahya Labismika Aamuut, Aamiin", Alora's prayer which Rachel followed.
Both Alora and Rachel's eyes began to close again and they fell into a deep and quiet sleep.
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PHOENIX UNIVERSITY CAMPING AREA
"GUYS WE USED TO APPLE TODAY. I HAVE AN NIH ANNOUNCEMENT", ask Julian to his friends who just finished bathing. Julian was standing near a bonfire that was still slightly lit with a mic in his right hand.
The students immediately gathered in front of Julian and marched, with the exception of Nathan, who was still on a pillow but had taken a bath, having been forced to obey Julian's order to take a bath.
After everything gathered, Julian opened the paper that the supervisor of camping gave him this morning and read it.
"Today, the group that was determined yesterday, will conduct the Talent Campaign. The type of talent that will be competed is; singing, dancing, or other talent shows as scheduled.
Immediately prepare your stage with the tools and decorations that have been provided by the school (while pointing to the pile of items on Julian's left). This will shape your cooperation and independence in preparing everything.
The show starts from 10 am to 12 pm, according to the calculations of the committee and the supervisors. Each person is given a minimum of 5 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes of performance. At 10 o'clock the event will begin with the distribution of queue numbers through a draw.
The event will be hosted by Hilda Anggraini from the faculty of agriculture, Nabila Meriska from the faculty of agribusiness, Zidan Lowena from the faculty of medicine, and Laurensius Julian Mahendra from the faculty of science and mathematics. So many announcements from us, thank you", said Julian while lowering his paper after he finished making an announcement.
The girls cheered for Julian to be on the list of hosts of the talent show.
"Ishhh, kok Nathan's not coming. It's even better if there's him. So you can see 2 of the most handsome people on this campus", said a girl with hair parsed that stands not far from Nathan who still sees the ground because he was lazy to see the face of his best friend who was making a speech.
"What kind of friend is he" Julian murmured as he glanced at Nathan who did not seem to listen to his announcement solemnly.
Nathan yawned while rubbing his cold cheeks due to exposure to the very cold morning air. Without speaking to anyone again, Nathan returned to the tent and was about to stop sleeping again.
But when he almost reached his tent, Aayra called out to him from behind.
"NATHANN!!", call Aayra while waving her hand towards Nathan.
Her boyfriend looked beautiful in a long red canal suit with small flowers on his waist, his blonde hair was beautifully unraveled in the warm sun. Her beauty radiated to make the people around her look at Aayra. Aayra walked up to Nathan while carrying a box of food in her right hand. His high heels are the same color as the shirt, looks in harmony with Aayra's white feet.
"That's the same Aayra selebgram as the other tiktok that went viral, right?. Pretty well", whispered a student to his friends.
"It turns out Nathan's the Selebgram's girlfriend anyway. Ish, so envious", becak a girl at his friends who are huddling.
"Hi beb", Aayra smiled as she arrived before Nathan.
"Sstt", Nathan said as he placed his index finger on Aayra's lips.
"Why?. Can't you have a boyfriend of your own?", asked Aayra with slightly raised eyebrows.
"No. But your smile is sweetness, I can go to the hospital because of that squirming" Nathan replied with a plain face.
"Helehh. Where exists. Ah, the food, the food. For you Julian, because I horrified you 1 tent right", said Aayra while handing over 2 boxes of food supplies that are large enough to Nathan.
Nathan accepted it and peeked at the contents.
"What is this?", he asked.
"Nasi, sweet sour shrimp stir fry, egg fried noodles, eggplant, katsu chicken, the same sweet spicy sour sauce. Like it?", asked Aayra after mentioning the contents of the provisions.
"Great suuka. You eat with me" Nathan said, holding Aayra's right hand and taking her to his tent and Julian's.
"Eh Aayra, are you here?. How are you?. I think it's good. I don't need to ask either. Why come here Ay?", asked Julian upon arrival Nathan and Aayra in his tent.
Julian was picking up his drinking bottle before starting his work, preparing for the stage of the show.
"Yes Yan, fine. Nih Nathan invited me to eat together, when I brought the food for the two of you", said Aayra while glancing at her boyfriend who only smiled.
"Well, I'm cooking too late. Because Nathan Mageran continues I still have to prepare this for the stage of the talent show ntar at 10. Just eat here with the two of us. Sit here first", Julian continued, pointing to the mat where he usually ate with Nathan. In the middle of the mat, there is a small table that is enough to put 6 dishes and glasses.
Nathan and Julian sat cross-legged there first.
"Are you?", asked Aayra before sitting down with Nathan and Julian.
"Yeah sayanggku. Here sit next to me. Do you want me to pick me up?", Nathan asked as he looked at Aayra.
"On the goat bench there. There's a theme, not appreciating even the bucin", Aayra's angel patting Nathan's shoulder and sitting next to him.
"No papa's sworn. Bucin to meninggoy lu Than. Don't hesitate well", said Julian with a lazy face.
"That said Julian don't hesitate to do bucin" Nathan continued without feeling guilty.
"Sststd. You nih. Uda. Just eat", Aayra's legs while opening her provisions.
Because at the dinner table there are 4 plates, spoon, and fork, the three of them immediately have breakfast using these tools. Every now and then the three of them chatted and discussed a few things.
After finishing the meal, Nathan asked Aayra to bring their food marks back and wash them. Actually Nathan would have been reluctant to do it if it wasn't Aayra who told him to. While sneering, he glanced at Julian who was smiling triumphantly.
"Awas lu", Nathan said as he cast a razor-sharp look at Julian.
"Love you baby", Julian said as he kissed far away in his right hand.
Aayra just laughed a little because she saw the two of them.
Seriate...